ILLUSTRATIONS.

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1. CHARLES DARWIN .

Frontispiece

2. THE "BEAGLE" BEACHED AT THE MOUTH OF THE SANTA CRUZ Vignette 3. THE KINGDOM OF ESOP (AFTER BEWICK)

4. ANCIENT GREEK HORSE-RACE.

5. THRESHING GRAIN WITH HORSES IN ARMENIA (ASIA MINOR)

6. FOSSIL REMAINS OF A MEGATHERIUM

7. FOSSIL REMAINS OF AN ELEPHANT

8. GAUCHOS BRANDING CATTLE ON AN ESTANCIA

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42. LION IN HIS DESERT (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH)

43. RHINOCEROS (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH)

44. NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN-WINNEBAGO (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH).

58. ESTANCIERO

59. TANATERO-ORE-CARRIER

60. TAMARIND-TREE AT POINT VENUS, TAHITI, SOCIETY ISLANDS

61. NATIVE BAMBOO HOUSE, TAHITI

62. FIRE BY FRICTION

63. BANANA LEAVES AND FRUIT-STALK.

64. BANANA BLOSSOM

65. AUSTRALIAN NEGRO